Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun haversian_canal

1 sense of haversian canal

Sense 1
Haversian canal -- (any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone)
       => duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")